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Updates for Enterprise Search Products

This page provides resources for IT professionals who are responsible for installing software updates on Search Server 2010, Search Server 2010 Express, or FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint.

If you are looking for updates related to SharePoint Server 2010 search, see Updates for SharePoint 2010 Products.

 

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Image: Number 1Understand Microsoft software updates
  
Image: Number 2Review the diagram under key content. For FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint, read about installing software updates and an overview of cumulative updates.
  
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Key Content

Software updates are a subset of an upgrade, so the software update deployment cycle that is used for upgrading SharePoint 2010 farms and servers also applies to deploying software updates for Search Server 2010, Search Server 2010 Express, and FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint.

We recommend that you use the update cycle that is shown in the following illustration as a guide to deploy the latest software updates.

 Image: Software update deployment cycle 

Latest Software Updates

Software updates include any update, update rollup, service pack, feature pack, critical update, security update, or hotfix. See KB 824684 for a description of the standard terminology that is used to describe Microsoft software updates. See KB 953878 for information about cumulative updates that are available from the Microsoft Office team to fix reported problems.

For the latest public updates, see the Update Center for Microsoft Office, Office Servers, and Related Products.

Note that when using FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint, there may also be search-related updates for SharePoint Server 2010 that impact FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint functionality. This includes updates that are related to the FAST Search Query SSA or Content SSA.


August 2011 Update

Search Server 2010

None.

FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint

KB 2553040 This article describes the Microsoft FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint issues that are fixed in the hotfix package that is dated August 30, 2011.

Read this article for detailed information about FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint cumulative updates.


Service Pack 1 (SP1)

Search Server 2010

KB 2460070 This service pack includes two main categories of fixes:

  • Previously unreleased fixes including improvements in stability, performance, and in security.
  • All the public updates that were released through June 2011, and all the cumulative updates that were released through April 2011.

FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint

KB 2460039 This service pack includes two main categories of fixes:

  • Previously unreleased fixes including improvements in stability, performance, and in security.
  • All the public updates that were released through June 2011, and all the cumulative updates that were released through April 2011.

For more information, see Summary of FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint SP1 improvements and fixes.


April 2011 Update

Search Server 2010

None.

FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint

None.


February 2011 Update

Search Server 2010

None.

FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint

KB 2504136 This update resolves a backup/restore issue related to using SQL Server authentication on the SQL Server that has the FAST Search admin database.

Read this article for detailed information about FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint cumulative updates.


December 2010 Update

Search Server 2010

None.

FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint

KB 2459257 This is a SharePoint Server 2010 update that resolves an important issue for FAST Search document previews. If your FAST Search Center is configured to use HTTPS, apply this fix to be able to display document previews in the search results.

Read this article for detailed information about FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint cumulative updates.


October 2010 Update

Search Server 2010

None.

FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint

KB 2449730 This update resolves multiple issues:

  • Using multiple content distributors for fault tolerance. If you use such a configuration, you should apply this update.
  • Full backup of a FAST Search Server farm. If you plan to use the full backup feature in FAST Search for SharePoint, we strongly recommend that you apply this fix.
  • Performance impacts to the indexing and query matching.
  • Numeric query refiners.

Read this article for detailed information about FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint cumulative updates.


August 2010 Update

Search Server 2010

None.

FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint

KB 2308915 This update resolves an issue related to post-setup configuration failing when installing FAST Search Server in a disjoint network environment.

KB 2276336 This is a SharePoint Server 2010 update that resolves an issue related to FAST Search crawling of content using the NOINDEX meta tags (to exclude parts of web pages from the crawl). For information about this feature, see Prevent indexing of irrelevant content.

KB 2276339 This is a SharePoint Server 2010 update that resolves an important issue for FAST Search scopes. The documentation is updated to reflect this update. See Create and view search scopes.

Read this article for detailed information about FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint cumulative updates.


June 2010 Update

Search Server 2010

KB 983319

FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint

None.